Reducing inconsistencies in point observations of maximum flood inundation level

Earth Interactions

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1-27

  Parkes, Brandon L ^a   Cloke, Hannah L ^a   Pappenberger, Florian ^b   Neal, Jeff ^c   Demeritt, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error correction; Hydraulic modeling; Model calibration; Model validation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EXTREME FLOOD EVENTS; FLOOD INUNDATION MODELING; FLOOD SIMULATION MODELS; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SMOOTHING ALGORITHMS; UNCERTAINTY;

FLOODS;

ALGORITHM; ERROR CORRECTION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CARLISLE [CUMBRIA]; CUMBRIA; EDEN RIVER; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84881651771     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2012EI000475.1     Document Type: Article

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